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- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
company as opposed to their department or themselves; hire people whose values and skills fit the culture and strategy, thus reinforcing and sustaining the community of purpose. In addition, leaders spend a great deal of time on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
perspective. In the case of GE, the board deferred to the CEO, Welch, who selected someone who complemented him versus the strategy-focused successor GE needed. Companies choose an outsider who is a poor fit with the company’s culture.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
experience will be felt not just in how well prepared students are for their first job, but also in how much of what they learn will be useful over the course of their lifetimes. How does the Harvard Innovation Lab fit into your broader... View Details
- Web
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
division and conflict? In Spiritual Lives of Leaders, we aim to create a space apart from the high hurry of our day-to-day lives to explore these questions. We’ve curated an amazing community of leaders, scholars, and thinkers from around the world to help us. Many of... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
Silverthorne: Talk a little bit about the origins of the series. Youngme Moon: First of all, I'm a listener of podcasts, and when I started listening to them, I was delighted by how they sort of seamlessly fit into these little nooks and... View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
public firms increased investments by just 1.6 percent versus 7.4 percent at the matched private firms. The researchers hypothesized that short-termist pressure was the reason behind this disparity. In order to test the theory they analyzed whether their data View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
changed the rules of the game globally for an entire industry by offering both differentiated and low-price service. The focus of the case is on whether Southwest Airlines should buy gates and slots to initiate service to New York's LaGuardia airport, which does not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
digital camera back in the early '90s, but didn't actually come out with it until 1996 because it was trying to figure out a way to bundle it with a printer that would use Polaroid instant film. That fit into its "mental model"... View Details
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
being curious (with a desire to learn and be the best you can be) is a very important characteristic for Peeksters to have, whether they are joining as an engineer or a salesperson. People who don’t have this quality won’t be a fit at... View Details
- 30 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)
owned golf chain, Golf Galaxy. The project was an ideal fit as Krantz is very interested in the future of retail and how traditional brick-and-mortar retailers can successfully incorporate consumer tech. Leveraging insights from the new... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
(your village) in building a successful career. Following Campbell were panels on creating pitch decks, finding product market fit (taught by Professor Jeff Bussgang), the importance of authenticity, the founder journey, and a concluding... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an impact in the developing world. Shodiya found a good View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace
right fit which is beneficial over the long term. Then, invite candidates to ask questions. Questions are always part of the recruiting process, but by explaining to prospective hires that questions around culture, diversity, and... View Details
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
consumers and create a modern digital experience. I saw how the next generation of powerhouse brands are being built around consumer healthcare, and I saw a need for the delivery of healthcare services to evolve to fit into our lives in a... View Details
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
Series C start-up, in New York that provided data intelligence software to large enterprises. She later returned to Europe to join her family investment firm, Atlas Invest, investing in energy companies. Product-Market-Founder Fit During... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Professor of Business Administration and cochair, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship One such example is CellScope, which manufactures a device that fits easily over a smartphone's camera so a parent or school nurse can take a photo... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Was there any middle ground? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/915027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-067 Quincy Apparel (A) Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures, and sells work apparel for young professional women that offers the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
across is that "one size fits all." This strategy effectively sacrifices many opportunities due to an unwillingness to explore how differences in regulatory environments, institutional environments, and tax rules can create... View Details
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Program Policies - HBS Online
until 24 hours after the start of the Program. Please note, this is 24 hours after the course materials become available, not after the participant logs in. We encourage all Participants to log in to their Program as soon as it starts to confirm it will be a good View Details